discipleship
Be Exalted!
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! Read more…
Faith
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long Read more…
Christmas
What Do You Need?
We are celebrating the coming of the Christ Child as Emmanuel, the With-Us God. Since the week before Christmas, I have been encouraging visitors to our home to acknowledge what they need, what their hearts need, and offer it to Jesus, taking in exchange a star with a specific promise Read more…
Christmas
Mourning into Dancing
Last week, I wrote of needing comfort in all my wrecked places. This week, I can say, He has turned my mourning into dancing…literally! Friday, I had a regular checkup at my primary care provider, and in the name of full disclosure, had to check the boxes on the form Read more…
Jesus says...
How Are You Today, God?
Seems like a silly question. I mean, really…He never changes, right? It’s true, but He also is living, not a static entity, and that means He is responsive. Scripture tells us that His heart breaks, He rejoices over repentant sinners, He has wrath which is not always being poured out Read more…
Feelings
Thankful: Acknowledging the Present
“No discipline is joyful.”* Oh, how I hated this verse as a child! Hearing it was supposed to make me feel better about feeling bad about something that was being done to make me be better! It is challenging enough to give thanks for the hard things God brings into Read more…
Family
Thankful: Remembering the Past
Many years we have kept a thankful journal during the month of November. Some years we have kept a continuous thankful list. Other years, just those around the Thanksgiving table recorded gratitude. Re-reading some of them recently brought some tears and some giggles. Stick figures drawn by those too young Read more…
discipleship
Journal Excerpt: Confession
Lest you think following Jesus every day in the everyday is just a catchy hashtag, here is a glimpse into what it looked like for me a month ago… My mind an heart are a bit weighted this morning. I don’t understand. Please examine me and show me what I Read more…
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Glimpses of His Glory
These are traveling days, days of discovery and adventure, days full of glimpses of God’s glory. Let me explain. The hub and I recently purchased a 1989 tiny tent trailer to tow behind our Prius. (We are practicing for his retirement.) When I say tiny, I mean a full-size air Read more…
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The Scepter
Recently an old friend asked for the words of an old song. I had to dredge my memory for the words, since my only partial copy of them is 90 miles away! Searching the dusty vaults of my mind, I found them, still vital and vivid, but perhaps requiring a Read more…